On June 20, 1988 – In a 5 – 4 triumph over Milwaukee, Oakland’s Mark McGwire hits a triple. His next and last major league triple will come in 1999 with the Cards.
On June 19, 1988 Bert Blyleven wins his 250th career game as Minnesota beat Seattle, 3 – 1. Jeff Reardon posts his 20th save, giving him seven straight 20-save seasons.
1988 – Houston tallies nine runs in the seventh inning to topple the Braves, 14-7. Bill Doran has three hits and a homer with four RBIs to pace the Astros attack. His two-run single opens the scoring in the seventh. Glenn Davis adds a two-run blast off Paul Assenmacher in the frame.
On June 18, 1988 The Los Angeles Dodgers sign a really skinny 16-year-old pitcher as a free agent out of the Dominican Republic named Pedro Martinez. The teams manager Tommy Lasorda incorrectly feels he will never be able to pitch as a starter and trades away the future hall of famer. Martínez will…
On June 13 1988, In a 12 – 6 loss to the Yankees, Jim Rice of the Boston Red Sox hits his 200th home run in Fenway Park, joining Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski as the only three to do it.
June 12, 1988 – Milwaukee Brewer Centerfielder Robin Yount hits for the cycle‚ leading Milwaukee to a 16-2 rout of the White Sox. Longtime teammate Paul Molitor leaves the game after going 3-3 with a walk in the 6th, Molitor had a double. triple and single. The duo went 7-7 and scored 6 runs, driving…
1988 – Mike Scott’s bid for his second career no-hitter ends one out short when Ken Oberkfell delivers a clean single to right with two outs in the top of the ninth . It’s the only sour note in a 5-0 whitewash over Atlanta. Scott walks none and fans eight. Terry Puhl, Kevin Bass and Craig Reynolds contribute three hits each.
On June 11, 1988 Yankee skipper Billy Martin, due to a shortage of right-handed hitters to face Orioles’ southpaw Jeff Ballard, decides to use starting pitcher Rick Rhoden as his designated hitter, making the right-hander the first hurler ever to start at the position. In his lone plate appearance, the right-handed hurler hits a sacrifice…
On June 10, 1988 Dodgers OF John Shelby goes 0 for 4 in a 4 – 3 loss to the Padres‚ ending his hitting streak at 24 consecutive games.
1988 – Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases in New York’s 7 – 6‚ 14-inning loss to the Orioles‚ giving him a club-record 249 stolen bases as a Yankee.
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